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| Nick Fox / The Official Google Blog: |
Google's MVNO is called Project Fi, costs $20/month + $10/GB for data in US and abroad, available for Nexus 6, runs on Sprint and T-Mobile networks — Say hi to Fi: A new way to say hello — In today's mobile world, fast and reliable connectivity is almost second nature.
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| Ina Fried / Re/code: |
Google's Wireless Service: What It Means for Consumers, Google and the Carriers — Earlier today, Google officially announced its plans to offer its own wireless service under the Project Fi moniker. — As expected, the effort taps three networks: LTE networks from Sprint and T-Mobile along with a heavy dose of Wi-Fi.
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| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
How Google's Project Fi pricing stacks up to the competition — Is Google's new wireless service the cheapest out there? It depends. — Google just announced Project Fi, its new MVNO wireless service for the Nexus 6. Google hopes to shake up the industry with its control of the hardware, software, and network.
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| New York Times: |
Select fashion boutiques in major cities will stock Apple Watch in store on Friday — The Apple Watch Arrives in Stores (Just Not Its Own) — Rumors of the Apple Watch's unavailability have, it turns out, been slightly, if not greatly, exaggerated. — In further evidence …
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| John Paczkowski / BuzzFeed: |
Delayed Apple Watch Preorders Shipping Earlier Than Expected — Late May, June preorders now preparing for shipment... Apple — Apple has some good news for early adopters who ended up with an Apple Watch preorder ship date of late May or June. You may be unboxing Apple's first-ever wearable sooner than you think.| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
First official look at Operator from Expa, an app that lets you message a human expert to assist in making “high-consideration” purchases — First Look At Uber's Co-Founder's Shopping Concierge “Operator” — Operator wants to “unlock the 90% of commerce that's not on the Internet”, CEO Robin Chan tells me.
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| Erin Griffith / Fortune: |
Facebook sees 4B video streams each day but has offered investors few details on monetization — Facebook video: Big on growth, little on details — A year ago, Facebook FB was not a destination for video content. Now, the social media company sees four billion video streams each day … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
| Thomas Fox-Brewster / Forbes: |
Samsung Galaxy S5 Flaw Allows Hackers To Clone Fingerprints, Claim Researchers — Biometric information is about as personal as data gets. But Google's Android partners are still failing to protect it, as researchers from security firm FireEye will discuss this week at RSA …
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| Kim Zetter / Wired: |
How to Detect Sneaky NSA ‘Quantum Insert’ Attacks — Among all of the NSA hacking operations exposed by whistleblower Edward Snowden over the last two years, one in particular has stood out for its sophistication and stealthiness. Known as Quantum Insert, the man-on-the-side hacking technique … | Gabe Aul / Blogging Windows: |
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 Technical Preview build with new Mail and Calendar apps — Windows 10 Technical Preview Build 10061 now available — Today we are releasing a new Technical Preview build for PCs - 10061. This build will be available to the Fast ring, and will be delivered via Windows Update.
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
P2P Lending Site Funding Circle Raises $150M Led By DST At A $1B+ Valuation — Time to make way for another startup juggernaut out of the financial world. Funding Circle — a London-based peer-to-peer platform for small businesses to get loans, and investors to put up money to finance those loans …
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FCC staff recommends hearing on Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger, a procedure seen as a likely deal-killer — FCC Staff Recommends Hearing on Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger — Hearing designation order would be setback for deal plans — Federal Communications Commission staff recommended … | James Niccolai / PCWorld: |
Google integrates Box file storage into Chromebooks, upgrades Chromebox for Meetings — Google boosts workplace efforts with Box integration for Chromebooks, better Chromebox videoconferencing — Google is stepping up its efforts to target the enterprise, with new hardware …
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| Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon will provide financial information on Amazon Web Services for the first time in its quarterly earnings report on Thursday — Amazon to Offer Window Into Web Services Business — When Amazon.com Inc. reports its quarterly earnings Thursday, it will, for the first time …
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Outlook for Android comes out of preview — Today we are excited to announce we have removed the preview label from Outlook for Android. — In January, we released Outlook for iOS and a preview of Outlook for Android. At the time, the iOS version of Outlook was ahead of the Android version in terms of features and performance.
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